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HENRY R. RICHARDSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,745, dated December2, 1902.

Application filed October 12,1901. Serial No. 78,429. (No model.)

To all whom 56 may concern.-

, Be it known that LHENRY R. RICHARDSON, of St. Louis, Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in TravelersExpense-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cash-registers, particularly to that class knownas calculators or adding-registers, and is designed as an improvementover the device shown and described in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates No. 668,859, granted to me February 26, 1901.

The object of my invention is to provide a pocket-register whereby thetraveler can ascertain at a glance the totals of the separate expenseaccounts and the aggregate totals of all the accounts.

A further object of the invention is to simplify the construction of theregisterdescribed in the above-named Letters Patent to the end that thesame may be more economical to manufacture and easier to operate.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detaileddescription.

The invention consists generally in providing a series of item hands anddials, an operating mechanism therefor, the grand-total dial andindicator hands, and operative connections between said item-hands andsaid grandtotal hands whereby movement of the former will be registeredby the latter.

Further, the invention consists in'improved means for operating saiditem-hands.

Further, the invention consists in means whereby the grand-total handsmay be moved forward independent of the item-hands; and, further, theinvention consists in various constructions and combinations, all ashereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a front view of a register embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is asectional view on the line jj of Fig. 6. Fig. 3 is a sectional view onthe line H H of Fig. 6. Fig. is a sectional View on the Fig. 5 is asectional View Fig. 6 is a sectional Fig. 7 is a sec- Fig. 8

on the line gg of Fig. 6. view on the line 6 e of Fig. 2. tional view onthe line a c of Fig. 2.

is a sectional View on the line d d of Fig. 4:. Fig. 9 is a sectionalView on the line b b of Fig. 2. Fig. 10 is a sectional viewon the line aa, of Fig. 3. Fig. 11 is a sectional view on the line is k of Fig. 6.

The operating mechanism of this device is the same on both sides of thedivision-line jj of Fig. 6, that of one side being merely amultiplication or duplication of the other to provide a series ofindependent registers for the different expense accounts. The mechanismbeing the same, I will not attempt to describe both sides of theregister in detail, it being sufiicient to explain the construction andoperation of the upper and lower dial parts on one side, indicating thecorresponding parts on the other side bythe same reference-figures.

In the drawings, 2 represents the case, that is preferably of the formand size of a watchcase, wherein the operating mechanism of the registeris arranged between plates 3 and 4, that are secured together atintervals by posts 5. The case is provided with the usual pendant 6,having a ring7 and a stem 8, provided with a finger-grip or knob 9. Thisstem is connected with the grand total -indicator hands by a mechanismto be hereinafter described. Near the pendant, projecting through a holein the casing, is a stem 10, provided with a knob 11 and with an annulargroove 12, that is engaged by a screw 13 and prevents the withdrawal ofthe stem from the case, while permitting its rotation therein. The stemhas a squared end 14. to entera correspondingly-shaped socket in acollar 15,that is secured on the squared end of a spindle 16. Acorresponding collar 15 is provided on the opposite squared end of saidspindle, and said collars are adapted to turn in bearings in the lugs17, that are secured to the front plate 3. Slidably arranged on thesquared ends of said spindle are clutches 18 and 18*, that are normallyheld forward by springs 19 in engagement with the toothed hubs ofmiter-gears 20 and 20 that are provided on the central rounded portionof said spindle and adapted to turn freely thereon. Between saidmitergears a stud 21 is provided, mounted in the plate 4 and providedwith a sleeve 22, secured thereon and carrying a miter-gear 23, whoseteeth are adapted to register with the gear 20. Mounted on the sleeve 22is a second gear 24, whose teeth engage those of the gear 20 andprovided with a hub 25. The sleeve 22 turns one gear and its connectionsmay be operated independently of the other gear and its connections.Upon the sleeve 22 I provide a gear 26, having a ratchet 27 secured tosaid gear, both being fastened on said sleeve, and on the hub 25 Isecure a gear 26, having a ratchet 27. Between the ratchets 27 and 27 onsaid hub 25 is loosely mounted a gear 28, having on one side a dog 29 toengage the teeth of the ratchet 27 and on its opposite side acorresponding dog 29 to engage the teeth of the ratchet 27 These dogsare held in engagement with their ratchets by suitable springs 30.Rotation of the spindle in one direction will through one of theratchets revolve the gear 28, while the opposite ratchet will beinoperative and rotation of the spindle in the opposite direction willreverse the operation of the ratchets.

Above and below the miter-gear mechanism I provide arbors 31 and 31,mounted in the plates 3 and 4 and carrying the long or item hands 32 and32. Upon these arbors are secured sleeves 33 and 33, whereou gears 34and 34 are secured and also ratchets 35, which are engaged byspring-pawls 36 on the plate 4 and whereby backward movement of thearbors and hands is prevented. I also provide pinions 37 and 37 on thesleeves 33 and 33, to which the gears 34 and 34 are firmly secured. Thegear 26 meshes with the gear 34 on the upper long-hand arbor, and thegear 26 meshes with the gear 34 on the lower long-hand arbor. As theclutches on the spindle 16 are alternately operative, according to thedirection in which the spindle is turned, it follows that when thespindle is rotated in one direction one of the longhand arbors will berevolved and when the spindle is rotated in the other direction theother long-hand arbor will be revolved. In the construction that I haveshown herein movement of the spindle to the right operates the hands onthe lower item-dial and the reverse movement the upper hands. Onespindle therefore controls the movement of the hands on both dials.

Loosely mounted on the arbors 31 and 31 are sleeves 38 and 38, formingthe shorthand arbors, whereon gears 40 and 40 are socured. These sleeves38 and 38 project through the plate 3 and carry the short or total hands41 and 41 of the item-dials. I prefer to provide four of theseitem-dials (indicated by references 42 and 42) upon each side of thedivision-linejj, each dial being appropriated for a single expense andall the items that are chargeable to that expense being registered onits particular dial. The item-dials may be suitably graduated, and Iprefer to provide two circles of graduations for each dial, one withinthe other, the inner appropriated for the short hand and the other forthe long hand. The outer circle of graduations is preferably marked inmultiples of five from five cents to one hundred and the inner circlefrom one to twenty-five, representing a corresponding numberof dollars.The short hands of the item-dials register the totals of the long hands,and as the totals of the graduations of the inner circle are twenty-fivetimes as much as those of the outer circles and as the long and shortindicator-hands move together it is necessary to gear down the shorthands, so that their speed with reference to the long hands will be inthe ratio of twenty five to onethat is, the long hands and their arborswill make twenty-five revolutions of the dial while the short hands aremaking one. To this end I provide studs 43, secured in the plates 3 and4, and whereon a series of idle gears are loosely mounted. These gears44 and 44 are located above and below the center of the case along themiddle line of the same and mesh, respectively, with the pinions 37 and37 and carry pinions 45 and 45, that in turn mesh with the gears 40 and40 on the short-hand arbors 38 and 38. These gears and their pinions areprovided with the requisite number of teeth to cause one revolution ofthe short-hand arbors to twenty-five of the long-hand arbors. The twoidle gears 44 and 44 below the center of the casing mesh, respectively,with the gears of the lower item-dials, while the idle gears above thecenter mesh with the gears of the upper item-dials. The loose gear 28meshes with a gear 46, mounted on a sleeve 47, that is secured on thearbor 48, whereon the long hand 49 of the grand-total dial 50 ismounted. The gear 28 is loose on its support and is driven forward onlyas one or the other of the ratchets 27 and 27 is operated by themovement of the gears 26 and 26. The gear 28 being connected with thegears of both the upper and lower item-dials will be revolved wheneither one of them is operated, and consequently movement of either thegear 26 or26 will be communicated to the long hand 49 of the ceuterdial.This dial is graduated to represent dollars from one to one hundred andis also adapted to indicate cents from one to one hundred for the longhand 49. Movement of the long hands of any one or all of the item-dialswill be instantly communicated through the gearings heretofore describedto the long hand of the center dial, which will be moved to indicate thetotal of the cents registered by the long hands of said item-dials.

On the arbor 48 I provide a sleeve 51 for the short hand 52 of thegrand-total or center dial. This hand 52 moves over the same gradnations as the hand 49, but is geared with respect to said hand in theratio of one hundred to one-that is, the long hand 49 makes one hundredrevolutions of the dial while the short hand is making one. Thisrelative movement of the grand-total hands I prefer to accomplish in thefollowing manner: A pinion 53 is secured on the sleeve 47, meshing witha gear 54, loosely mounted on the stud 43 and provided with a pinion 55,that engages a gear 56, secured to a pinion 57, loosely mounted on thearbor 51 and meshing with a gear 58 on the upper arbor 43 and carrying apinion 59, that meshes with a gear 60, secured on the arbor 51. Thesegears and pinions are provided with the requisite number of teeth tocause the speed of the arbors 48 and 51 and the hands carried thereby tobe in the ratio of one hundred to one. The gear 58 has beveled teeth onone side meshing with the teeth of a beveled pinion 61, arranged betweenfriction-blocks 62 and 63, the latter being yieldingly adjustable withrespect to the former by means of set-screws 64 and springs 65. Thepinion 61 has an annular groove 66, adapted to receive a screw 67, whichpermits the pinion to turn freely, but prevents its longitudinalmovement. The pinion 61 at its upper end is provided with a squaredsocket to receive the correspondingly-shaped end of the main stem 8. Bymeans of this connection the grand total hands can be moved forwardindependently of the hands of the item-dials.

In using myimproved register, the traveler will appropriate one of theitem-dials for each general expense, one for railroad-fare, an-- otherfor hotel-bills, and the other two for bus, baggage, livery, street-carfares, and incidentals. The register may be carried in the pocket like awatch, and the traveler upon incurring an expense can immediatelyregister the same on the proper item-dial by turning the spindleconnected with that dial. If he desires to operate the hands of one ofthe upper dials, he will turn the spindle toward the left, and throughthe medium of the clutches and gears connected therewith the long handwill be moved the desired distance and the short hand of that dial willbe moved also, but only one twenty-fifth as far as the long hand. Forinstance, if the traveler desires to register an item of expense offifty cents on the upper left-hand item-dial of Fig. 1 he will turn theleft-hand spindle toward the left and move the longitem-hand until itpoints to the graduation 50 on the dial, and then assuming that bothhands start from zero the short or dollar hand will be midway betweenthe zero and the mark indicating one dollar of the inner circle ofgraduations. If the long hand is moved around to make a completerevolution of the dial and indicate an expense of one dollar, then thetotal-item hand will be moved to indicate one dollar on the inner circleof graduations. Each time the long or cents hand is moved the totalhandis moved also and completes its revolution of the dollars graduations ofthe itemdial when the cents-hand has made twentytive revolutions of itsdial. If it is desired to Each time the item-hands are moved thegrand-total hands are moved also, and the totals of the dollars andcents indicated by part or all of the item-dials will be registered onthe grand-total dialfor instance, in Fig. 1 the cents-hand of thegrandtotal dial points to 75, indicating that the sum of all the centsregistered on the itemdials amounts to a total of seventy-five cents.The dollars hand of the grand total dial points to 50, indicating thatthe dollars registered on the item-dial amounts to a total of fifty. Thetraveler is thus able at any time by glancing at the hands of thegrand-total dial to ascertain the total amount in dollars and cents ofthe expenses that have been registered on the item-dials.

While I have described my invention as designed particularly for the useof travelers, it will be understood that it is equally applicable forregistering and ascertaining the totals of other items, and it may beused for keeping a record of and ascertaining the totals of receipts aswell as disbursements.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the case, of adialplate provided with a series of individual expense-dials havingseparate graduations for the expense items and for the totalsthereof,item and total indicator hands for said dials, a rotating spindle,miter-gears loosely mounted thereon, rotating miter-gears engagedrespectively by said looselymounted gears, spring-actuated clutches onsaid spindle normally holding said loosely-mounted gears in engagementwith said rotating gears, said clutches being alternately operative whensaid spindle is turned in opposite directions, suitable gearing providedbetween said miter rotating gears and said individual-dial hands,whereby said hands will be operated when said spindle is rotated,substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a case, of a dialplate provided with a seriesof individual expense-dials, item and total indicator hands adaptedrespectively to register the items of that particular expense for whichthe dial is appropriated and the totals of such expense, a rotatingspindle, miter-gears loosely mounted on said spindle, spring-actuatedclutches normally engaging said gears and alternately locking them whensaid spindle is turned to the left or right, a stud 21 provided betweensaid gears, miter-gears 23 and 24 mounted on said stud and engaging thegears of said spindle respectively, gears 26 and 26 secured respectivelyto said gears 23 and 24, operative connections provided between saidgears 26 and 26 and the indicator-hands of two of said individualexpense-dials, a grand-total dial, indicator-hands therefor, a gear 28loosely mounted between said gears 26 and 26 and locked on its supportby the movement of said gears, and operative connections providedbetween said gear 28 and said grand-total-indicator hands, substantiallyas described and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with a case, of a dial provided with a series ofindividual expensedials, item and total indicator hands adaptedrespectively to register the items of that particular expense for whichthe dial is appropriated and the totals of such expense, a rotatingspindle, miter-gears loosely mounted thereon, spring-actuated clutchesfor alternately locking said miter-gears when said spindle is turned tothe right or to the left, a stud 21, gears 23 and 24 mounted thereon andengaging respectively the miter-gears on said spindle, gears 26 and 26secured respectively to said gears 23 and 24:, operative connectionsprovided between said gears 26 and 26 and the item-hands of saidindividual expensedials, a reduction-gearing provided between said gears26 and 26 and the total-hands of said individual expense-dials,substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with a case, of a dialplate provided with fourindividual expensedials, two on each side of the center, item and totalindicator hands adapted respectively to register the items of thatparticular expense for which each dial is appropriated and the totals ofsuch expense, rotating spindles for said dials, one spindle beingappropriated for the upper and lower dials on each side, mitergearsloosely mounted on said spindle, means for alternately locking saidgears according as said spindle is turned to the right or to the left,operative means provided between each of said miter-gears and theindicator-hands respectively of the upper and lower dials, wherebyrotation of the spindle in one direction will actuate the hands of onedial and rotation in the other direction will actuate the hands of theother dial, a grand-total dial, indicator-hands therefor adapted toregister the totals in dollars and cents of all or any number less thanall of said individual dials, and means for actuating saidgrand-total-indicator hands simultaneously with the movement of saidindividual expense-hands, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a case, of a dialplate provided with agrand-total dial suitably graduated and an upper and lower individualdial, each having two concentric cir cles of graduations, the innerrepresenting dollars and the outer fractions thereof, suitableindicator-hands for said grand-total and individual dials, a rotatingspindle, operative means provided between said spindle and theitem-hands of said upper and lower individual dials, whereby saiditem-hands are alternately operated as said spindle is turned to theleft or to the right, a suitable reductiongearing provided between saidoperative means and the total-hands of said individual dials, wherebysaid total-hands will make one revolution of their dials to twenty-fiveof the item-hands, a gearing connected with said operative means andwith the item-hand of the grand-total dial, and a reduction-gearingprovided between said operative means and thetotal-hand of saidgrand-total dial, whereby it will make one revolution of its dial to onehundred revolutions of the item-hand, substantially as described and forthe purpose specified.

6. The combination, with a suitable case, of a dial-plate provided witha grand-total dial, indicator-hands therefor, a series of individualdials each having graduations for the various items of the particularexpense for which that dial is appropriated and also for the totalsthereof, suitable item and total indicator hands for said individualdials, rotating spindles for said dials one spindle being appropriatedfor each pair of dials, operative means connecting each spindle with thehands of the individual dials for which that spindle is appropriated toregister the various items of expense on said dials and to indicatesimultaneously the totals thereof, suitable means provided between saidgrandtotal dial and said individual. dials, whereby thegrand-total-indicator bands will be operated simultaneously with thehands of the individual dials to register in dollars and cents thetotals of the amounts indicated by the hands of said individual dials,whereby the user at a glance can determine the totals of the expensesfor which each individual dial is appropriated and the aggregate totalsor expenses indicated by the total and item hands of said dials,substantially as described.

7. The combination, with a case, of a dialplate provided with fourindividual expensedials two on each side of the center, item and totalindicator hands adapted, respectively, to register the items of thatparticular expense for which each dial is appropriated and the totals ofsuch expense, rotating spindles for said dials, one spindle beingappropriated for the upper and lower dials on each side, miter-gearsloosely mounted on said spindle, means for alternately locking saidgears accordingly as said spindle is turned to the right or to the left,operative means provided between each of said miter-gears and theindividual hands respectively of the upper and lower dials, wherebyrotation of the spindle in one direction will actuate the hands of onedial and rotation in the other direction will actuate the hands of theother dial, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day ofSeptember, 1901.

HENRY R. RICHARDSON.

In presence of- RICHARD PAUL, M. O. NOONAN.

